Bride Starring in haunted historic Southern hotel

The walls of some historic hotels forever encapsulate echoes of bygone weddings, including ones that never took place. Historic Hotels of America lists several haunted historic hotels with such stories, but we’re going to concentrate on the ones where Southern ghost brides roam. Whether they were jilted at the alterContinue Reading

Romantic historic hotels with haunted 14th floors would’ve been an even better list in time for Valentine’s Day and February 14 and all, right? Yes, I agree with you. However, I really only know of one with a storied haunted 14th floor: The Hotel Monteleone. That doesn’t mean there aren’tContinue Reading

The Overlook Hotel

First of all, did you even know there’s a The Shining series called Overlook in development? I didn’t, but that was an exciting discovery to make today. Apparently, it’s one of a few deals that J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot made with WarnerMedia last spring, according to Comicbook. Let’s take aContinue Reading

Niousha Noor stars as Neda in The Night

Last week I suddenly started seeing a lot of chatter about a horror movie called The Night. It was getting a lot of buzz for a few reasons. For one, it was history-making on several levels. It was the directorial debut for Kourosh Ahari, an Iranian American. However, what makesContinue Reading

De Soto Hotel exterior

Is the most haunted hotel in El Paso, Texas, the De Soto Hotel? I don’t know, because that raises the complicated question of how do you really determine what “the most haunted” is? However, the De Soto Hotel is definitely one of El Paso’s most known and popular haunted places,Continue Reading

Historic Jefferson Hotel exterior at night

Is the Historic Jefferson Hotel one of the most haunted hotels in America? It’s para-friendly new owners think so and are on a quest to make it one of the most recognized haunted hotels in the world. They’ve even trademarked the moniker “the World’s Most Haunted Hotel.” Recently, The MarshallContinue Reading

Ghost Adventures crew in lobby of the Cecil Hotel

Situated on downtown Los Angeles’ Main Street stands an infamous hotel with a checkered past: the Cecil Hotel. Multiple suicides, murders, devil worshipping and serial killers are all part of the Cecil’s history. Most recently it’s been known for the mysterious death of a young woman named Elisa Lam. HerContinue Reading

The Missouri State Penitentiary

Haunted places like the Winchester Mystery Museum and the 1886 Crescent Hotel re-opened for business on May 15 with new social distancing safety measures in place. As more states have begun re-opening and easing restrictions, we’re starting to see more and more haunted places announcing they’re re-opening too, like theContinue Reading

Hotel Paranormal poster

All week the haunted headlines have been buzzing about the new Canadian docuseries, Hotel Paranormal, starring Dan Aykroyd of Ghostbusters fame. It’s set to premiere tonight, May 15, on T+E, which stands for Totally Entertaining. It’s a channel that broadcasts all sorts of dramas and series, including ones about theContinue Reading

Side by side collage of the facades of the Alaskan Hotel and the Historic Anchorage Hotel

Personally, I don’t think Juneau’s Alaskan Hotel is more haunted than the Historic Anchorage Hotel. However, I see why it’s showing up on Travel Channel shows like Portals to Hell and The Alaska Triangle. Some of the paranormal activity reported there is pretty dark and frightening. (Especially the report aboutContinue Reading

Author and ghost guide Troy Taylor in his office

Troy Taylor is a busy paranormal authorpreneur, ghost tour guide, and speaker. Towards the end of last year, I saw one of his Instagram posts about his latest book in the Cabinet of Curiosities series: 20 Keys from Haunted Hotel Rooms. All of his books sound interesting, but I holdContinue Reading

Concierge hand wearing white glove holding bell

This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here.  We don’t always stay in hotels with concierges, but when we do we often utilize their knowledge. In addition to food, sightseeing and transportation recommendations, they know other things too. Like the hotel’s history if it’s old enough to have one. Continue Reading